Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1472

Title: xfree86 libX11.so setuid/setgid local root

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1472.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Mar 03, 2003
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1472: Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.

Impacted Vendors

X
xfree86_project 1
X
x.org 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/suse/2002-q3/1116.html http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000529 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10137.php http://www.osvdb.org/11922 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5735 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/suse/2002-q3/1116.html http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000529 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10137.php http://www.osvdb.org/11922 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5735
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1472 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.